Sunusi Ibrahim (born 1 October 2002) is a Nigerian professional

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club

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Club career

Born in

Keffi Keffi Local Government Area and a traditional and commercial town in Nasarawa State, north central Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located along the Keffi-Akwan ...

, Ibrahim was part of the youth system at FC Basira in

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before joining

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side

Nasarawa United Nasarawa United Football Club is a soccer club based in Lafia, Nasarawa, Nigeria. They play in the Nigeria Premier League. History The team was founded in 2003 after the Nasarawa government took over Black Stars FC of Gombe. They joined the ...

. During the

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, Ibrahim finished the season as the league's joint-top scorer, scoring 10 goals in 22 matches. He was also awarded the Golden Boot over joint-top scorer Mfon Udoh since Ibrahim was given one less caution during the season. After the 2019 season, Ibrahim left Nasarawa United following the Federation Cup, and then in 2020, Ibrahim was part of 36 Lion Football Club in

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. On 12 January 2021, Ibrahim signed for Canadian

club

International career

Following his performances during

, Ibrahim was called up to the

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squad for the 2020 African Nations Championship qualifiers. He made his debut for his nation on 22 September 2019 against

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, scoring the only goal for Nigeria in a 1–4 defeat. In November 2019, Ibrahim was called up to the Nigeria under-23 side. He made his debut for them on 9 November 2019 during the 2019 African U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers against the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Nigeria's goal tally first.''

References

2002 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigeria men's youth international footballers Nigeria men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Nasarawa United F.C. players CF Montréal players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Major League Soccer players CF Montréal U23 players Ligue1 Québec players People from Nasarawa State 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub